Description |
1 online resource (255 pages) : color illustrations |
Contents |
Recycling Antiquity. Introduction ; Historical background ; Use of spolia in the Early Christian basilica ; Principles for the distribution of spolia ; Building on the past ; Materials and meaning ; Old and new side by side -- Selected Spolia Churches. The Lateran Baptistery ; Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura (c. 625-638) ; San Clemente (c. 385-417 / c. 1099-1125) ; Santa Costanza (c. 337-351) ; San Giorgio in Velabro (c. 827-844) ; San Lorenzo fuori le Mura (c. 578-590 / c. 1216-1227) ; Santa Maria in Cosmedin (c. 600 / c. 772-795 / c. 858-867 / c. 1120) ; Santa Maria in Trastevere (c. 1140-1148) ; San Nicola in Carcere ; Santa Sabina (c. AD 422-432) ; Santo Stefano Rotondo (c. 460s) -- Practical Information. Other noteworthy spolia churches ; Popes mentioned in this book |
Summary |
"A particularly robust approach to Rome's antique past was taken in the Middle Ages, spanning from the Late Antiquity in the fourth century, until roughly the thirteenth century AD. The Spolia Churches of Rome looks at how the church-builders treated the architecture of ancient Rome like a quarry full of prefabricated material and examines the cultural, economic and political structure of the church and how this influenced the building's design. It is this trend of putting old buildings to new uses which presents an array of different forms of architecture and design within modern day Rome. This book is both an introduction to the spolia churches of medieval Rome, and a guide to eleven selected churches." -- Provided by the publisher |
Notes |
Translated from the Danish |
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Catholic church buildings -- Italy -- Rome -- Guidebooks
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Architecture, Medieval -- Italy -- Rome -- Guidebooks
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Building materials -- Recycling -- Italy -- Rome
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Buildings -- Remodeling for other use -- Italy -- Rome
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Religious.
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Architecture, Medieval
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Building materials -- Recycling
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Buildings
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Buildings -- Remodeling for other use
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Catholic church buildings
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Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Guidebooks
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Italy -- Rome
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Genre/Form |
Guidebooks
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Haveland, Barbara, translator
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Translation of: Hansen, Maria Fabricius.
Genbrugskirker i rom. Århus : Aarhus Universitetsforlag, c2010
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ISBN |
9788771248982 |
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8771248986 |
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